Curse

Tyla · Oct 24, 2007, 12:25 AM // 00:25

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Originally Posted by Antheus

Is there a point to this thread?

Factions PvE mostly sucked because there were no heroes, and henchies provided were, in most missions, useless.

With heroes, it's not worth mentioning.

no,the problem was you were supplied with only 1 monk and a spirit rit for higher level areas,considering the spirits usually die in 1/2 sec anyway...and the monk was retarded

Bargamer · Oct 24, 2007, 12:37 AM // 00:37

I'm pretty sure they will have Cantha in GW2, they just decided not to have two different areas, + design, + faction rep, + whatever else, in the interests of, "Ok, you punks. No more of this Kurzick/Luxon civil war, you are ALL fighting for ME!"

And yes, I love my Rit. It was easy to level up, easy to get the faction to continue the storyline, and people still have Luxon/Kurzick guilds. It was also beautiful, no matter where I got lost. Some people just want to run-run-run, get to the next town, insta-kill everything with 12345, and not take time to soak in the scenery. IT'S A FREE MMO. You're not paying for a monthly subscription, so why not take as long as you darn well please?

Rivix · Oct 24, 2007, 01:23 AM // 01:23

Off topic but where is Cantha in relation to Tyria? Its confusing because both their coasts are on the west. They should have fliped Cantha horizontally and put it across the sea.

RPGmaniac · Oct 24, 2007, 01:30 AM // 01:30

Cantha is south of the Tyrian Continent. Here's a map showing where they are in relation to each other (except for the Far Shiverpeaks, wonder why it hasn't been updated yet).

trielementz · Oct 24, 2007, 01:37 AM // 01:37

i think the lore came out of a necessity to limit GW2 to tyria at first. they had to tie up elona and cantha. anyway, i thought the fate of the sunspears was much much worse than the fate of cantha.

Smile Like Umean It · Oct 24, 2007, 01:39 AM // 01:39

Looking pass the FedEx quests, the butt ugly city, tight spaces and lack of paths, I spent a good hour and a half exploring and trying to find the next city to save my place only to come to a nice pair of locked gates.
Bye-bye Factions.

I had actually tried it out on a guildie's account before buying it to avoid wasting money. Have only decided about 2 and a half months ago to finally get it and that was just to try out the Assassin. He only made it to the Marketplace, but I decided to take my war and ele through anyway. To this day the only thing I like about it is the Jade Sea.
I actually prefer to read the story of Shiro on Wiki than play Factions.

arcanemacabre · Oct 24, 2007, 01:41 AM // 01:41

Personally, Cantha has the most beautiful content of all the chapters (and GW:EN). Unfortunately, it also has the worst storyline and gameplay. The most annoying missions in the game are all in Factions, and the locked gates are just painful. However, the henchmen are great, and the individual zones in the Jade Sea and Echovald Forest are rather fun.

Seeing as how GW2 is going to have entirely different gameplay (from the sound of it), Cantha might just become the best are in the game. Hopefully it will be available in at least an expansion.

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Originally Posted by Redfeather1975

Some of the best armour is from Factions. :O

Oh yeah, forgot about that - agreed! There are only a handful of armors in Factions, elite and normal included, that I don't like. Everything else is amazing, and set the content bar apparently too high for the rest of the releases. Hell, the model for Warrior Kurzick has been re-skinned 4 more times (Sunspear, Sunspear 15k, Asuran, Monument top) it was so good.

Redfeather1975 · Oct 24, 2007, 01:41 AM // 01:41

Some of the best armour is from Factions. :O

Anyhoo, I heard Cantha/Elona arent' available right away in GW2. Maybe expansions.

Rivix · Oct 24, 2007, 01:44 AM // 01:44

^

Found the awnser to my question:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:Tyria.jpg

Rivix · Oct 24, 2007, 02:02 AM // 02:02

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Originally Posted by RPGmaniac

Cantha is south of the Tyrian Continent. Here's a map showing where they are in relation to each other (except for the Far Shiverpeaks, wonder why it hasn't been updated yet).

yeah. that clears up a lot. thanks.

Nevin · Oct 24, 2007, 03:34 AM // 03:34

Omg Cantha = Communist China ?

lyra_song · Oct 24, 2007, 03:51 AM // 03:51

Factions Locked Gates = Result of people complaining about people getting run through the game.

Nightfall Partially locked gates = Result of people complaining about locked gates and wanting a compromise (more similar to Crystal Desert).

I personally found Factions really fun. With exception to the really annoying mazelike design of the city.

I hope GW2 eventually touches on it, I'd like to see what it would look like finally united!

ShadowsRequiem · Oct 24, 2007, 04:11 AM // 04:11

Factions had AB and that is well worth it. One of the only fun things to do anymore.

Hyper Cutter · Oct 24, 2007, 04:27 AM // 04:27

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Originally Posted by Redfeather1975

Some of the best armour is from Factions. :O

And most of the best faces and hair. Most of my characters are Canthan for this reason...

Speaking of which, I hope we can create Canthan-looking characters in GW2.

arcady · Oct 24, 2007, 06:05 AM // 06:05

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Originally Posted by nechronius

Sounds like they're just setting up Cantha for another expansion for GW2.

That's what I hope.

I'm not fond of some of the structure of Factions, but I do like Cantha and the people and classes of the second and third chapters are both much more interesting than the first.

Queenie · Oct 24, 2007, 06:29 AM // 06:29

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Originally Posted by Hyper Cutter

And most of the best faces and hair. Most of my characters are Canthan for this reason...

Speaking of which, I hope we can create Canthan-looking characters in GW2.

I agree, I hope we do get a nice variety of Tyrian/Canthan/Elonian faces and maybe some more news one :3

Locked Gates are uber ftl imho. XD

cyberjanet · Oct 24, 2007, 06:51 AM // 06:51

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Originally Posted by evilseabass

I enjoy Factions, and still visit often. Many of the armors there are far superior to some of the Elonian and GWEN armors..

Elite Kurzick Necro and Warrior armors! Yeah!

Surena · Oct 24, 2007, 06:55 AM // 06:55

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

I love Factions. Always have done, always will.

Cantha is a beautiful continent and I will sorely miss it if it is left out of GW:2 entirely.

Same here, I like the fastpaced missions and the good music. Nightfall has the worst music of all (the intro isn't too bad) and is so boring that I'll probably never want to start my Paragon.

blue.rellik · Oct 24, 2007, 06:56 AM // 06:56

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Originally Posted by Nevin

Omg Cantha = Communist China ?

I believe you mean Cultural Revolution China

Current China is hardly the most fascist country in the world

Hyper.nl · Oct 24, 2007, 07:05 AM // 07:05

Hm, factions wasn't that bad. Actually, the only thing I don't like in Factions is the Kaineng City area with it's undercity. Very repetitive and boring level design.

But all the rest of Cantha I like a lot. The Shing Jea area, the beautiful Kurzick forest with it's gothic looks and the Luxon lands. Also the competitive missions and allicance battles are a great addition to the Guild Wars universe. The possibility to conquer a town with your alliance for some unique benefits is something you won't find in any other chapter.

So, maybe as stand-alone game it lacks, but as expansion to the existing game I thing Factions surely rocks.